Timing, accuracy, flow, suppleness, experience and partnership - all words for today´s top three in Stockholm.
Dalera and Jessica keep in shining and remaining the pair scoring highest, but said that with Danish glasses Nanna and Zepter look like the next combination to beat them. Could it be tomorrow? Zepter and Nanna are ready with a brand new freestyle with music from the 80´s.
For Dalera the unsteady entering halts has become a clear issue. A usual Jessica does not what´s in the tank for the Grand Prix even though some issues creeping - also today. For the first time the half pass to right was not in same balance and flow as the left, also reflected into canter zigzag.
Breaking the 80% barrier today, former best GP score was at the Europeans scoring 78,556%. Nanna presented Zepter in a very nice closed and powerful frame today, maybe a tiny release of the pressure into the piaffe tours would have kept the fluency from H2R eye, but asking Nanna about this tiny issue, the answer was clear “I should have made the passage a bit smaller on my way into the transitions”, Nanna said.
Werth and Emilio keep on performing and lately Werth was no longer that convinced about the forthcoming retirement of Emilio at Frankfurt event in a few weeks, as she might postpone his retirement date. He still look fit and motivated with his somewhat cheeky way in the contact for a few moments in every single test.
Daniel Bachmann Andersen and Vayron finished at a solid 5th place with 74,717%. More confident Vayron in the arena with clearly improved piaffe tours showing good balance and good transitions, like for the pirouettes the first becomes bit unbalanced and big while the 2nd is well performed. Unfortunately missing the two last flying changes for the 1 times.
You can find comments on every Grand Prix ride from today at Horse2rider Facebook.
Dalera - Unsteady halt steps back, supple diagonal, bit tension hind, bit unbalanced half pass right, better flow and go left, good halt with rein back, power diagonal, nice into passage, super into piaffe, good sit and balance for piaffe, smooth transitions, relaxed over the back extended walk with nice over track, bit unbalanced collected walk, good into passage, good 2nd piaffe with sit and balance tiny forward trend, smooth transition, good into canter, error hind mid 2 times parallel, power extension, bit unbalanced zigzag slow to right and quick to left, good 1 times, nice control bit big 1st pirouette, superb 2nd pirouette, smooth into trot, power balanced diagonal, super passage, transition on the hind legs, piaffe sit, passage power, and audience is there with applause.
Zepter - Super halt, power diagonal balanced uphill, nice crossing balanced half passes uphill, super halt at C nice rein back, power diagonal, super into passage on the hind legs, tiny tensions transition to piaffe but well managed, good out into passage, good extended walk nice stretching, super collected walk, at the letter for passage, super passage, small misunderstanding again into piaffe, super piaffe, super out, late into canter at E, good 2 times, power extension, well balanced zigzag, super 1 times, super preparation for 1st pirouette, well balanced, WAUW 2nd pirouette, nice into trot, power diagonal, super passage, super transition into final, super piaffe, smooth out, super final, Zepter becomes bit affected when audience starts applauding.
Emilio - Bit unsteady halt, well balanced diagonal, good crossing half passes, for transition Emilio becomes bit unstable in the contact, good halt with bit dragging rein back, smooth diagonal, super into passage, easy light of the ground piaffe with good transitions, small stumble for extended walk good relaxation, short slow collected walk, sharp at the letter for passage, nice passage, easy into piaffe bouncy at the spot, easy out, transition to canter at E!, nice 2 times, super nice extended canter, good zigzag, good 1 times at the end bit into the hand, good 1st pirouette, super 2nd with sit and balance, bit early into trot, nice diagonal end bit into the hand, nice passage, nice piaffe easy transitions, good halt.
Link here to the result lists.